Chinese version of the Parent-Proxy Health-Related Quality of Life Measure for Children with Epilepsy: Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and reliability studies

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 697-707

  Yam, Winnie K L ^a   Chow, Susanna M K ^b   Ronen, Gabriel M ^c  

^a ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child; Chinese; Parent; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; CHINA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EPILEPSY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 29544449322     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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